EXTREME EXERCISE FOR MENTAL TOUGHNESS
AND SELECTION: EFFECTIVE TRAINING OR
ERRANT BULLYING? (PART II)
and conditioning; hence, trying to incorporate MT skills early
may impede adherence to the program. Once adherence to the
program is accepted, then the tactical facilitator can move forward
by introducing the simple concepts of implementing MT skills.
After simple MT skills are taught, there can be great benefit for the
tactical facilitator to bring in a subject matter expert to explain the
science and research behind MT training. Utilizing an operational
military or police psychologist from the department or agency can
be practical and is essential to assure functional understanding
of the tactical environment. There is a real danger to bringing in
someone from outside the area of operations. At &W7B